Sitn'spin

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• Mishna
• Wolff
• wolf
• I'm Down
• race
• class
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• seattle
• ranier valley
• gifted
• satire
• 80s
• 90s
• down
• wigger
• breakin'

[jiggybrown]

Is being black simply double dutch and fighting.?Your story seemed to be lacking in truth. Little kids saying whitey and honky, I just find that hard to believe. Seems to me you had a problem fitting in because you lacked a relationship with your father. The conflict of "being white around all blacks" seems to end once you are moved to a new school. Your book is lacking in the root of the problem,which in my opinion had nothing to do with you being one of the few whites in the community.

[mishnawolff]

@jiggybrown your point is kind of my point in the book. I don't think we are in disagreement here. 

[NoirFemme]

Hmm...I think the book is funny, but at the same time, her narrative feels a bit exploitative--she can code-switch, but she relates stories about her black classmates like some Victorian anthropologist observing the "natives." Plus, she had the privilege of moving out of that area and never having her upbringing in a low-income black neighborhood even thought about or assumed.

[mishnawolff]

@NoirFemme The first half of the book has the type of distance you're talking about, though I wouldn't put it that way, but the second half flips it. WIthout spoiling anything for anyone, there's no distance to be had by the end and the first half of the books ideas are upturned completely by the last page. If you really finish the book and still feel like I didn't give my situation the full 360 let me know. Anyone can email me on here.

[mishnawolff]

@NoirFemme Also, I point out in just about every interview I give that I could just walk out of my hood and be white. That's pretty clear.

[mishnawolff]

Also, I point out in just about every interview I give that I could just walk out of my hood and be white. That's pretty clear.

[omfgyourannoying]

I just read it too! soo good! the end made me cry :)

[reedyryan85]

I LOVED YOUR BOOK

YES

[candyhouse123]

im in a cappin mood! :P

(looove love loved this book!) i could relate to some of the storys. im mixed and i never quite felt black enough to be down with the blacks or mexican enough to chill with the mexicans(probably because yo no habla espanol!) damn. where was mishna when i was in grade school! we could have hung out! :)

[RavensRiches]

I checked the unabridged audio version out at my library and listened to it on my commutes (2 hours a day). I loved it! Funny and vulnerable. I didn't grow up in a black neighborhood but I did grow up poor and many of the situations I can relate to. I didn't feel like I fit in to really any group. Look how well-rounded and funny we both turned out Mishna!

[julievangel]

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 (hearts)

[TheTruth006]

So whens the next book coming out?

[ooCSKoo]

Mishna your book was great. It had alot of funny moments and I understand that the whole book couldnt be funny all the time. I think people forget that it's about your life and expect the book to feel like a sitcom. The cover just won me over in barnes and nobel. Im sure you get this alot but your book left me wanting to know more. If you write another book about your life ( from where the book left off) let it be as big as the average harry potter book lol i find you to be sooo interesting.

[wsweens]

@mishnawolff I picked up your book earlier this week and once I started I couldn't stop... you did a great job. I hope you find the time to write more

[Stephc60]

@NoirFemme, why do you feel that this story was told from the perspective of a "Victorian Anthropologist"? The book is written from the perspective of a child trying to fit in. It's not a PhD dissertation on class differences. She didn't have the priviledge of moving out of her neighborhood while attending the "white" school. No, she had to attend the "white" school while living in her lower class neighborhood. And, the kids at her "white" school blatantly questioned her upbringing.

[Stephc60]

NoirFemme, why do you feel that this story was told from the perspective of a "Victorian Anthropologist"? The book is written from the perspective of a child trying to fit in. It's not a PhD dissertation on class differences. She didn't have the priviledge of moving out of her neighborhood while attending the "white" school. No, she had to attend the "white" school while living in her lower class neighborhood. And, the kids at her "white" school blatantly questioned her upbringing.